From Munich: Zugspitze Mountain Van Tour with Garmisch Town
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gygCulture experiences like this one are ideal for free mornings before Friday practice or the quiet Sunday morning before the race — you get depth without eating into race day.
⚡ Race-week favourite — books out early
From Munich: Zugspitze Mountain Van Tour with Garmisch Town
From $145 per person
About this experience
Travel from Munich to Garmisch and ascend the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak, by cable car. Enjoy a beer at Germany’s highest beer garden and return through the mountains on a cogwheel or cable car.
Enjoy a day in the German Alps on a full-day excursion from Munich to the Zugspitze. You’ll travel to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where you’ll take a cable car up the 2962 meters to the summit of Germany’s tallest peak. The Zugspitze marks the international border between Germany and Austria. In fact there are lifts from both countries that meet at the top of the mountain. In addition restaurants and shops at the summit, there are also telescopes available. From the top you’ll have breathtaking views of the Alps which seem to stretch on forever. You’ll take a break for lunch at a small mountain hut, where you’ll also have lovely views over the peaks of the Alps and even into the Munich area. After lunch you’ll jump from Germany into Austria (no passport necessary). You’ll have the opportunity to enjoy a beer in Germany’s highest beer garden! The final highlight of the tour is a round-trip ride through the mountains with cable-car and a cog-wheel train. After reaching the top of the Zugspitze by cable car, we spent some time exploring the historic old town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. We walked through its charming streets and historic old town center.
Highlights
- ✓Ascend to the summit of the Zugspitze by cable car
- ✓Enjoy a beer at Germany’s highest beer garden
- ✓Take a round-trip journey through the mountains by cog-wheel train
- ✓Experience exquisite views of Germany from top the of Zugspitze Mountain
What's included
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
- ✓Local tour guide
- ✓Air-conditioned van
Not included
- ✕Cable car ticket (€72/person)
- ✕Lunch
Good to know
The duration of the trip is 6-8 hours.
Reviews
“We had a fabulous trip to the Zugspitze and Garmisch. Toby was an excellent guide. Friendly and informative. The timings were very good. Plenty of time to enjoy the mountain and then onto Garmisch. Would thoroughly recommend.”
“One short 10 min coffee / toilet break before climbing from Garmish town to Zugspitze summit will be helpful.. we can start 10 to 15 mins earlier also or return 10 mins late also is fine”
“It was an amazing trip toby was fabulous I recommend this trip to all”
656 reviews on GetYourGuide
We had a fabulous trip to the Zugspitze and Garmisch. Toby was an excellent guide. Friendly and informative. The timings were very good. Plenty of time to enjoy the mountain and then onto Garmisch. Would thoroughly recommend.
One short 10 min coffee / toilet break before climbing from Garmish town to Zugspitze summit will be helpful.. we can start 10 to 15 mins earlier also or return 10 mins late also is fine
It was an amazing trip toby was fabulous I recommend this trip to all
Our day was quite bad, all round. Our tour guide picked us up, and it went downhill from there. He barely spoke to us, and gave us no info or historical knowledge of what we were seeing. The views at Zugpitze were beautiful but it was bad weather so this was unfortunately not the best. Given that we had to pay the cable car separately, this was absolutely not worth the money. We essentially paid a lot of money to get a taxi to take us there and back. There was no “tour guiding” and no experience had that we could not have had just by taking the train and not buying this tour. Additionally, the taxi rides were silent. If you do go on the tour, do your research alone and know what you want to get out of it before you go. Our tour guide did not even give us some good hints or tips about how/what to see. On top of this, we only had 1 hour at Garmisch which was not enough time for anything. Terrible experience and not worth the money at all.